Exam question 2 · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, part 12: the watch fall…

What condition did the cat impose upon the fish before the matter was settled?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: impose, settle · To what, where: matter

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1875 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, part 12: the watch falls into the sea and the fairies choose a new Queen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 impose	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cat	det
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	nsubj
6	impose	impose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 fish	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fish	det
9	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impose	obl
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 settled	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 matter	det
12	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 settled	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 settled	aux:pass
14	settled	settle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 impose	advcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 impose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	past · do-support	what condition					upon the fish	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	settle	past · passive		the matter					vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

That the dog should carry the fish across the sea and back again before supper

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 dog	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carry	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 carry	aux
5	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fish	det
7	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carry	obj
8	across	across	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carry	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 again	cc
12	back	back	ADV	_	13 again	advmod
13	again	again	ADV	_	5 carry	conj
14	before	before	ADP	_	15 supper	case
15	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	should	that dog	the fish		the sea	before supper		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme

Option 2

That the dog should swim out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 dog	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swim	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 swim	aux
5	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 swim	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim out	should	that dog						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

That the fish should fetch supper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 fish	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fish	det
3	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fetch	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fetch	aux
5	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fetch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fetch	should	that fish	supper					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

That the fish should locate the watch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 fish	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fish	det
3	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 locate	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 locate	aux
5	locate	locate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 watch	det
7	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 locate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	locate	should	that fish	the watch					tree rules

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